More Memorial Day travel expected, despite high gas prices
By STEFANIE DAZIO, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and TERRY TANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — To drive, or not to drive? This Memorial Day weekend, with…
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Iraqi lawmakers pass bill criminalizing any ties with Israel
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing any normalization of ties and any relations, including business ties, with Israel.…
Continue Reading West mulls having Russian oligarchs buy way out of sanctions
By ROB GILLIES and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Government officials say Western allies are considering whether to allow Russian…
Continue Reading Iranian oil tanker’s cargo seized in Greece after US request
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek official says the crude oil cargo of an Iranian-flagged tanker that was stopped…
Continue Reading Average long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 5.1%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for the second week in a row, though interest rates on the key 30-year home…
Continue Reading Southwest, JetBlue boost forecasts on strong travel demand
NEW YORK (AP) — Airline stocks are soaring, with Southwest and JetBlue saying revenue this summer will be even stronger than they were expecting.…
Continue Reading Worry about stagflation, a flashback to ’70s, begins to grow
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Stagflation. It was the dreaded “S word” of the 1970s. For Americans of a certain age, it…
Continue Reading Trump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil probe
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in the New York attorney…
Continue Reading Macy’s raises annual profit outlook on strong Q1 results
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers’ return to occasion dressing helped to power Macy’s fiscal first-quarter…
Continue Reading Explosion at Spanish plant leaves 2 dead; 250 kids evacuated
MADRID (AP) — Police in Spain say an explosion at a biodiesel plant has left two people dead and forced 250 children to be evacuated from the area.…
Continue Reading Alibaba reports slowest growth yet amid COVID-19 outbreaks
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday reported a single-digit increase in its fourth-quarter revenue, its…
Continue Reading Japan to resume tourism in June; only packaged tour for now
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan will open its borders to foreign tourists in June for the first time since imposing tight…
Continue Reading Spain vows legal reforms in wake of spying allegations
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government will tighten judicial control over the country’s intelligence agency. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made the…
Continue Reading US economy shrank by 1.5% in Q1 but consumers kept spending
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year even though consumers and…
Continue Reading Retailers’ troubles sound the alarm for rest of economy
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fastest inflation in 40 years squeezed retailers during the first quarter, alarming…
Continue Reading How much the top-paid male, female CEOs made in 2021
The Associated Press Expedia’s Peter Kern and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav are among the top paid CEOs in the S&P 500 index.…
Continue Reading Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week as the number of Americans collecting…
Continue Reading CEO pay rose 17% in 2021 as profits soared; workers trailed
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pay for CEOs who run the biggest U.S. companies soared 17.1% last year, up to a median of $14.5…
Continue Reading Big tech deals keep coming: Broadcom buys VMware for $61B
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Computer chip and software maker Broadcom will spend about $61 billion to acquire the cloud technology company…
Continue Reading UK touts help for energy bills; seeks to forget ‘partygate’
By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government unveiled a 15 billion pound ($19 billion)…
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